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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2003
Applicants:
Othmar Gerschwiler, Jonschwil, CH;
Walter Eugster, Niederuzwil, CH;
Urs Zwahlen, Ermatingen, CH;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Bühler AG, Uzwil, CH;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B02C 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to a method and a device for husking and degerminating grains of maize. The aim of the invention is to provide an efficient and simple degermination of maize. To this end, during a wet degermination process, cleaned maize is wetted, and then husked and degerminated, and directly supplied to the comminution stage.